Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, athletes and sideline reporters across virtually all sports have been conducting socially-distanced interviews to help keep the threat of transmission to/from one another as low as possible. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Fox sideline reporter Erin Andrews followed protocol Saturday night after Green Bay’s narrow win over Cleveland.
Yet, after the interview was over, with Fox’s cameras still rolling, the two went in for a maskless hug. The moment caught some flak on social media, with some fans and analysts pointing out the contradictory actions.
Here’s the clip, via the NFL Network. After the interview concludes, around the 2:40 mark, Rodgers removes his headset. The two then share an embrace.
